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A post on Reddit recently showed off a library that lets you control web maps with hand gestures — full Minority Report style, waving your hands in front of a webcam to pan, zoom, and rotate. My first reaction was "that's incredibly cool." My second ...

Why History Needs Animated Maps History is deeply connected to geography. Empires rise and fall, borders shift, armies move, and territories expand or collapse. Static maps struggle to convey change over time, which is essential to understanding hist...
